Word: lampooning
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...have no intention of taking action against the editors of the Lampoon or Advocate, unless there is a repetition of the recent incident." said District Attorney Arthur K. Reading in a statement to the CRIMSON last night...
...this conference, President A, Cooke '26, of the Lampoon, showed to the District Attorney a print of "Olympia," the original painting by Manet, the caricature of which aroused so much criticism in the Literary Digest number of the Lampoon. Cooke pointed out that the picture had been only slightly altered by the Lampoon artist. He also explained that the Lampoon maintained a standard of clean humor much higher than that of most contemporary college comics...
Three competitions for business boards of University publications will open on Monday, May 4. The Advocate has signified its intention of calling out business men for that day as has likewise the Lampoon. The third competition open to the class of 1928 for the business board of the CRIMSON, which was announced to commence on May 5, has also been shifted to begin on the fourth due to conflict on Tuesday with the Freshman smoker, and will get under way with a meeting of all candidates in the business office at 7.30 o'clock...
...wisdom of taking arms against all who have said a word in this Advocate and Lampoon controversy seems doubtful. Ia yesterday's column, the CRIMSON took issue with a reprinted Transcript editorial. Nobody denies that the Advocate published certain things lacking in good taste which, when brought into the limelight, appeared rather badly. In view, of this, instead of attacking the Transcript's comment resentfully and again bewailing the suppression of the Advocate as unjust and futile, the CRIMSON would have done well to get the matter drop. The subject was in the first place difficult to handle with dignity...
...self-congratulation. She wrote the president during his absence, chortling over their success and encouraging him to silence. When the note was opened by a member of the board while the president was out of town, the game ended, but only after increased circulation had been made for the Lampoon and wider fame for the president's friend...